John, On a production sysplex, surely the wait state is the only sensible thing to do?
At that stage in system creation, GRS is expected to be active and it has found that to carry on would compromise the integrity of the resources - it must fall in its sword to protect your data and other systems. For GRS to override the RNL error and use the active sysplex RNL could be against what you intended and that could lead to integrity issues. Rob Scott Rocket Software, Inc 275 Grove Street Newton, MA 02466 617-614-2305 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John McKown Sent: 03 April 2008 15:21 To: [email protected] Subject: Another RNL question On z/OS 1.8, if that makes any difference. Can anybody tell me the logic at IPL time to force the IPL'ing system into a wait state if the new system's RNL does not match the RNL of the sysplex? Now, I understand why all systems in a sysplex need the same RNL. But I am curious as to why I am not given an option at IPL time to say something like "Oh, I made a mistake, please use the sysplex RNL on this system as well and I'll fix it ASAP." Instead, I get a hard wait on the IPL'ing system. I messed up yesterday. I thought that I had the RNL's in sync, but made a mistake (changed an RNL member after IPL'ing). This caused a perceived outage on the second, production, system because it "hung up". I guess this was waiting for the DOWN reply on the second system. This caused a "black eye" and more weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth. Best that I say no more, even from my home account, lest I be smitten. Just another "I hate sysplex" message from me. No, don't bother to justify it. At my shop, it is not justifiable as far as I am concerned (only one box). -- Q: What do theoritical physicits drive beer from? A: An EIN stein. Maranatha! John McKown ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
